A rape victim recorded her abuser confessing to attacking her 25 years earlier as he lay apparently dying in hospital.John Harper pounced on the terrified woman after holding a soldering iron at her neck and threatening to kill her.
The crime occurred sometime in 1993 at a house in Hurlford. However, the victim did not see the 56 year-old again until July 2018.This was after being told Harper was “gravely ill” in Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock.Prosecutor Kath Harper told the High Court in Glasgow: “She felt she needed an explanation from him as to why he had raped her years ago.“She attended at the hospital and recorded a conversation with Harper on her mobile phone.“He apologised to her and admitted that he had raped her.“She then
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